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INDIA – Rice export prices from India have hit their highest level since April 2021, benefiting from firm demand, stretched supplies, and elevated rates in Thailand. This comes at a time when supplies in India are also tightening after New Delhi decided to end its COVID-era free food program and replace it with a cheaper program. During this price surge,…
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ANGOLA – Angola’s food import bill jumped to US$2.8 billion in 2022 thanks to a significant jump in food prices in the international market, Statistics director of the National Bank of Angola (BNA) Joel Futi has revealed. According to Futi, food prices accounted for 40% of the rise in the food import bill while volumes only accounted for 13.6%. Rice,…
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SOUTH AFRICA – Norfund, the Norwegian investment fund for developing countries, is investing ZAR 80M (US$4.7M) in convertible debt in the expansion plans of Synercore Holdings, a South African food ingredient manufacturer. Established in 2016, Synercore has a specialty in the formulation and manufacture of food ingredients which it sells to fast-moving consumer goods companies, precisely in the dairy and…
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